Author: Cyrille Rossant File Type: epub Over 100 hands-on recipes to sharpen your skills in high-performance numerical computing and data science with Pythonh2About This Bookh2ullLeverage the new features of the IPython notebook for interactive web-based big data analysis and visualizationllBecome an expert in high-performance computing and visualization for data analysis and scientific modelingllA comprehensive coverage of scientific computing through many hands-on, example-driven recipes with detailed, step-by-step explanationslulh2Who This Book Is Forh2Intended to anyone interested in numerical computing and data science students, researchers, teachers, engineers, analysts, hobbyists... Basic knowledge of PythonNumPy is recommended. Some skills in mathematics will help you understand the theory behind the computational methods.h2In Detailh2IPython is at the heart of the Python scientific stack. With its widely acclaimed web-based notebook, IPython is today an ideal gateway to data analysis and numerical computing in Python.IPython Interactive Computing and Visualization Cookbook contains many ready-to-use focused recipes for high-performance scientific computing and data analysis. The first part covers programming techniques, including code quality and reproducibility code optimization high-performance computing through dynamic compilation, parallel computing, and graphics card programming. The second part tackles data science, statistics, machine learning, signal and image processing, dynamical systems, and pure and applied mathematics.

Author: Andrew Dalby File Type: pdf Amazon.com ReviewThis new tome of tongues is one of the most remarkable general reference works of the century. From Abkhaz and Abaza (300,000 speakers in Georgia, Turkey, and Russia) to Zulu (8,800,000 speakers in South Africa and Lesotho), Dalby comprehensively details more than 400 languages (living and dead), arranged A-to-Z for easy access, and delving into the political, social, and historical background of each. In addition, more than 200 maps indicate where the languages are spoken today, while sidebars show alphabets, numerals, and anecdotes.If youve got even a passing interest in linguistics, this work of erudition is addictively browsable. In the entry on Greek is an insert on the dialect of Tsakonian. Spoken only in an inaccessible mountain district in the Peloponnese, its a direct descendant of the ancient Greek Doric dialect. And Fulani is spoken by some 15,000,000 individuals in West Africa, thanks to the migrant, pastoral lifestyle of the Fulani people, which spread the language across the Western Sudan such that it is now a national language in Guinea, Niger, and Mali. The section on Australian languages notes that when Europeans first began to explore the continent, there were about 300 languages spoken by the people who lived there, with up to 12 existing on the island of Tasmania alone. In addition, Dalby explains mother-in-law languages, separate speech registers that most Australian tongues have, with different vocabulary and sometimes even different sound patterns, for use in the presence of a taboo relative, such as a mans mother-in-law.Honorary Librarian at the Institute of Linguists and a regular contributor to their journal The Linguist, Andrew Dalby makes it both easy and inviting to learn about the languages of the world. --Stephanie GoldFrom Library JournalThis encyclopedic dictionary offers an overview of over 400 alphabetically arranged living and extinct languages and language families. Introductory material provides background information on why languages grow apart and converge, some basic methodologies of historical linguistics, views on learning other languages, and frequently asked questionsanswers about language. As in his Guide to World Language Dictionaries (LJ 31599), Darby clearly describes and explains the books many reference features, which include a glossary of 100 linguistic terms. He also explains positions taken on linguistic disagreements and considers each languages history, relationships to other languages, and estimated current speakers. To illustrate where a language is presently spoken and its proximity to related languages, 200 maps are included, along with examples of script, numerals, and alphabets. Cross references point to additional coverage, e.g., from Latvian and Lithuanian to Baltic Languages. An extensive index gives access by languages and dialects referred to in the text or by major languages spoken within a country. Less technical than the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics (LJ 4192), this highly practical work intended for the nonspecialist is an excellent source for browsing or reference.AStanley P. Hodge, Ball State Univ. Lib., Muncie, IN 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Author: Roshdi Rashed File Type: pdf This book follows the development of classical mathematics and the relation between work done in the Arab and Islamic worlds and that undertaken by the likes of Descartes and Fermat. Early modern, mathematics is a term widely used to refer to the mathematics which developed in the West during the sixteenth and seventeenth century. For many historians and philosophers this is the watershed which marks a radical departure from classical mathematics, to more modern mathematics heralding the arrival of algebra, geometrical algebra, and the mathematics of the continuous. In this book, Roshdi Rashed demonstrates that early modern, mathematics is actually far more composite than previously assumed, with each branch having different traceable origins which span the millennium. Going back to the beginning of these parts, the aim of this book is to identify the concepts and practices of key figures in their development, thereby presenting a fuller reality of these mathematics. This book will be of interest to students and scholars specialising in Islamic science and mathematics, as well as to those with an interest in the more general history of science and mathematics and the transmission of ideas and culture.

Author: Fanzine File Type: pdf Red cabbage juice is a natural pH indicator makingthis classic activity one of the most popular chemistryexperiments for children. The indicator changes frompurple to bright pink in acids to blue or yellow-greenin bases. Preparation time and consumables havebeen greatly reduced in this lesson plan and thewhole activity can be conducted at virtually no cost.The pH indicator is extracted as a teacherdemonstration while students build their ownMiniLabs using clear straws as test tubes todramatically reduce the amount of indicator andchemicals used. They use the pH indicator to classify avariety of safe household chemicals including vinegar,laundry powder and lemonade.